18397A | 33-35-293

Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Impressed
Technique:	Decoration >> Subtraction >> Inscribed

Description (Catalog Card):	[A-H] Clay jar sealing. Fragments of impressed with finely drawn linear design which contains possible hieroglyphic elements.¹
Find Context (Catalog Card):	PG Pit W SIS IV-V
Material (Catalog Card):	Clay²

U Number:	18397A
Museum:	University of Pennsylvania Museum
Object Type:	Seals, Stamps, and Sealings >> Seal Impression
Season Number:	11: 1932-1933
Description (Modern):	UE 3 p. 40 no. 429 'Pictographic inscription in two registers. The upper may tentatively be read: mes-ud-en-lil utul(?): the shepherd; and the second beginning with the star and club: ruler of Ur, Adab, Larsa, and Kesh. U. 18397. Pit W. SIS 4-5. Pl. 54.' Matthews (1993) p. 61 no. 1 'U18397. UM 33.35.293. UE 3:429. SIS4. H 3.2, L 3.5. Two rollings. Complete impression surviving. Symbols arranged in two registers, each with horizontal borders. Upper register: U4, EN KID (Nippur), ?edinnu. Lower register: AN DUG3+DU3 (Kesh), UR2+AN (?), URI3+AB (Ur), U4+NUN (Adab), U4 AB (Larsa). Sealing 6.8 x 5.2 x 4.9. Reverse faces broken, but with striations on base perhaps from wood. Functional type: ?package/box.' UPenn db: 'UE III: pictographic inscription in two registers. the upper may tentatively be read: mes-ud-en-lil utul (?): the shepherd; and the second beginning with the star and club: ruler of Ur, Adab, Larsa, and Kesh.'
Material:	Inorganic Remains >> Clay >> Unfired
Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number):	33-35-293